A 15 second exposure using a Lee 'Big Stopper' ND filter of one of sculptor Antony Gormley's famous life size statues in the water at Crosby Beach, England.

I've recently bought a new tripod ballhead and I was testing it out - it's an Acratech GV2 and is brilliant.....rock solid and the open ball design is ideal for the kind of beach photography I love as it's less susceptible to damage from all the blowing sand.

15 secs; f/5.6; 300 mm; ISO 200

2 - Millenium Bridge, Salford Quays.

Photographed just before dawn on one of the frequent misty mornings we've been getting recently here in Manchester (UK)